Graphic Designer
Location: US, NY, New York
Department: Brand 
Employment type: Full-time
Function: Design

Company profile:
About the CompanyAviary makes the world’s best photo editor. It’s used in more than 6,000 apps, including our own, which is a Top 100 app on both iOS and Android. Each month, more than 65 million people actively use our products.The Aviary team is on a mission to democratize creativity. The company was founded by the creators of Worth1000, who have always been obsessed with the idea of turning everyone in the world into artists. We are 25 people based in New York and financially backed by leading investors including Spark Capital, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. Aviary is well positioned to lead the next generation of creative companies.Aviary has a highly team-driven company culture. Everyone in the company is great to work with and contributes meaningfully to the overall company direction. As one might expect, we are a creative group inside of work and out: whether it’s painting, improv comedy, bagpipes, or karaoke, our team members have diverse and interesting passions. We keep our culture startup-friendly to the core (ping-pong tables, free lunches and party games abound) and plan to keep it that way forever, whether we are 25 people or thousands.Why work at Aviary?We build beautiful photo editing software that can be used in any application. We're a small, creative team and we're passionate about powering the world's creativity. If you're an awesome person who wants to help us achieve that goal, we'd love to hear from you!Working with usYou'll work in a fast-paced startup environment, full of challenges and new opportunities. We can promise with complete confidence that you will never be bored.Share a workspace with a variety of creative, interesting people with a huge range of weird hobbies.Great location for commuters: our windows literally overlook Madison Square Garden. We may or may not have tried projecting our website onto MSG. (We totally did. It totally worked.)Our conference table doubles as a pool table. Plus, we have heated matches of ping pong, foosball, and Fifa to help get the creative juices flowing!PerksWe want a happy, healthy, and creative team. We know you can't have that without real work/life balance and plenty of perks. To that end, we offer:Competitive salaries, full medical/dental insurance, tons of paid vacation, and an ample budget to customize a top-notch workstation to your heart’s content.All the free coffee and snacks you can consume. Fully stocked fridge. Catered team lunches four days a week.Constant learning. Coding workshops, company-sponsored educational courses, and genius coworkers who show each other new things every day.

Job description:
Aviary, creator of the world’s best mobile photo editor, is seeking a Graphic Designer to join us in our New York City office and own all of our graphic design efforts. As part of Aviary's creative team, you'll be helping us imagine, design and launch engaging photo editing experiences for over 70 million users around the world. From fancy word art to imaginative photo frames, you'll be our go-to guy or gal for inventing fresh ways for our community to make their photos and photo-based art more beautiful, expressive, shareable and just more fun. You'll also be working with some of the world's biggest brands to translate marketing objectives into creative native advertising campaigns, connecting brands to a global audience through the medium of app-based mobile photography.You'll be working on a variety of projects with us - from presentation decks, to illustrations, to art directing small projects with freelancers - but some specific details are below.ResponsibilitiesConcepting and executing digital stickers, frames and other creative tools for making mobile photos more awesomeTranslating the creative concepts of others, including global brands, into fun and engaging photo editing experiencesDesigning beautiful marketing assets that show off our photography tools and creative contentSupporting our brand sales team with pixel-perfect campaign mockups and other sales materials

Requirements:
 3+ years of professional design experienceFluidity in major design programsA passion for photography, and ideally a knack for itA go-getter attitude and self-motivated work ethic that operates awesomely under a low-ish level of managementA killer portfolio bursting with examples of your impeccable eye, admirable relationship with white space and grid systems, and ability to creatively express both your personal aesthetic and a client's aestheticAn ability to work well with a team, under pressure and with a sense of humor

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